"The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom."

Freedom

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This quotation examines the core nature of Freedom as articulated by Titus Livius. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Freedom provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Titus Livius

Titus Livius, known in English as Livy, was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled Ab Urbe Condita, ''From the Founding of the City'', covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own lifetime. He was on good terms with members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and was a friend of Augustus. Livy encouraged Augustus's young grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, to take up the writing of history.

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"There are laws for peace as well as war."

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"Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence."

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"Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own."

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"Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television."

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"We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world."

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"Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he's stabbing the independent bookstores in the back."

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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